Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Face amulet
Description
Ivory
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small, carved amulet featuring a stylized human face.
The artifact is a small, sculpted amulet with a stylized depiction of a human face. The carving appears simplistic and abstract, with emphasis on facial features such as eyes and mouth. It might have been used for protective or ritualistic purposes. The material seems to be stone, possibly limestone, commonly used in Egyptian artifacts. The style is minimalistic, focusing on essential facial features.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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